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Locality Name:
Debao Co., Baise, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 216440
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216440.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Debao Co., Baise, Guangxi, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Debao Cu-Sn Deposit (Qinjia Cu-Sn Deposit)
Hongnipo Mine

Latitude: 23°19'54"N
Longitude: 106°42'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.331666666667,106.70416666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Mg Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryte
BrochantiteCalciteCarminiteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CovelliteEpidoteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPharmacosideritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteTetradymiteTyroliteVesuvianite

56 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bayldonite  (*)Beudantite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carminite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Clinoclase  (*)Cornubite  (*)Cornwallite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Duftite  (*)Dussertite  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Olivenite  (*)Paragonite  (*)Parnauite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Sudoite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tyrolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661382193419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3145661382191534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)145661382192734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS145661382199052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2145661382195509
Bariopharmacosiderite  (*)PharmacosideriteBa0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O14566138219150
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13822011547
Bayldonite  (*)NoneCu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)214566138219172
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)614566138219413
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi145661382191966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3145661382191935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4145661382195516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6145661382191633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1456613821927770
Carminite  (*)CarminitePbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)214566138219178
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2145661382195171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)145661382194979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O14566138219925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S145661382195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21456613821927198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O145661382193531
Clinoclase  (*)NoneCu3(AsO4)(OH)314566138219127
Cornubite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)414566138219109
Cornwallite  (*)NoneCu5(AsO4)2(OH)414566138219175
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS145661382194165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6145661382194135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2145661382199895
Duftite  (*)AdelitePbCu(AsO4)(OH)14566138219220
Dussertite  (*)AluniteBaFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)61456613821933
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS214566138219246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661382198173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566238219,3822024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1456613821930554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6145661382192228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4145661382195591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41456613821914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21456613821912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2145661382195674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl145661382191107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2145661382195800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21456613821917380
Olivenite  (*)AndalusiteCu2(AsO4)(OH)14566138219492
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145660247
Parnauite  (*)NoneCu9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10·7H2O14566138219105
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)414566138219369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566238219,3822039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814566238219,382209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21456613821961156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O145661382191153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566238219,3822021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS414566138219668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3145661382193418
Sudoite  (*)Chlorite ClayMg2Al3(Si3Al)O10(OH)814566051
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S14566138219510
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O14566138219245
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10145661382191395



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Chen2007tbl01-0414566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stannite 157578Debao Cu-Sn Deposit (Qinjia Cu-Sn Deposit), Debao Co., Baise, Guangxi, ChinaQinjia, Debao, GuangxiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 


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